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Coasting along quite smoothly!
Suddenly your 'fat clothes' are hanging as if they belong to someone else.
You have blown past the 65 pound mark and you almost feel as if you never
had surgery. Life is great! You can eat soft foods with relative ease,
and are dabbling with more normal foods with little consequence.
Welcome to the ‘Honeymoon Phase’ where you could eat Doritos and cream cheese for the next 6 months and not really compromise your weight loss. Sure this is easy; you are losing weight via surgically induced malnutrition. Your body is reeling from the blow it has been dealt and the fat is melting away.
Now is the time to change your habits and develop a healthy lifestyle. Formulate a plan for protein, and make sure you are not skipping meals. Put a vitamin program in place and stick to it. Contrary to how you may feel, you are not invincible so don't intentionally eat foods with high amounts of sugar. Don't test those limits. Remember that 'Dumping Syndrome' is a good thing for us. We couldn't gain control over our eating before our surgery and having the potential for getting sick from sugar hanging over our heads is a good way to force us to modify our behavior. Use this very valuable tool and keep it intact for life.
This rapid weight loss phase after our surgery is a gift! This is coasting
downhill… enjoy the ride but understand that there is a fence at
the bottom of this hill that you are about to hit.
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